1. Match the adjectives below to make pairs of opposites.
awful different difficult expensive fantastic good
large low new safe true wrong
1 bad …………………………
2 great …………………………
3 similar …………………………
4 easy …………………………
5 cheap …………………………
6 false …………………………
7 terrible …………………………
8 high …………………………
9 old …………………………
10 right …………………………
11 dangerous …………………………
12 small …………………………
Answer
1 good 2 awful 3 different 4 difficult 5 expensive
6 true 7 fantastic 8 low 9 new 10 wrong
11 safe 12 large
2. Complete the sentences with adjectives from exercise 1.
1 Don’t play with that knife. It isn’t …………………………
2 £500 for a jacket? That’s …………………………!
3 The shelf is very ………………………… I have to stand on a chair to reach it.
4 Well done! All the answers in your test are …………………………
5 British English is a bit ………………………… from American English.
6 That calculation is very ………………………… I can’t do it.
7 Joe says he’s seventeen. But that isn’t ………………………… He’s only fifteen.
Answer
1 safe 2 expensive 3 high 4 right 5 different
6 difficult 7 true
3. Complete the adjectives. Use a, e, i, o, u and y. Which prefix do we add to make the adjectives negative?
1 fr__ __ndl__
2 k__nd
3 h__pp__
4 t__d__
5 us__ __l
6 n__c__ss__r__
7 c__mf__rt__bl__
Negative prefix: _______
Answer
1 friendly 2 kind 3 happy 4 tidy 5 usual
6 necessary 7 comfortable
Negative prefix: un
4.Complete the labels with negative forms of adjectives from exercise 3.
1 an ……………………… chair
2 an ……………………… room
3 an ……………………… flower
4 an ……………………… child
5 an ……………………… boy
Answer
1 uncomfortable 2 untidy 3 unusual 4 unhappy
5 unfriendly
5. Choose three adjectives from exercises 1 and 3 that you could use to describe these things. Try not to use any adjective more than once.
A a pair of jeans
1 ……………………. 2 ……………………. 3 …………………….
B a city
1 ……………………. 2 ……………………. 3 …………………….
C an exercise
1 ……………………. 2 ……………………. 3 …………………….
D the weather
1 ……………………. 2 ……………………. 3 …………………….
E a classmate
1 ……………………. 2 ……………………. 3 …………………….
Answer
(Possible answers)
a cheap, expensive, comfortable b great, dangerous, large
c easy, difficult, awful d good, fantastic, terrible
e friendly, kind, happy
VOCAB BOOST!
In entries for adjectives in most learner’s dictionaries you can often find the adjective with the opposite meaning. When you look up an adjective, make a note of the opposite too, if it is given.
6. Read the Vocab boost! Box. Then study the dictionary entries below. Complete the pairs of adjectives.
1 awake Opposite: …………………………
2 late Opposite: …………………………
3 beautiful Opposite: …………………………
4 thick Opposite: …………………………
5 near Opposite: …………………………
6 soft Opposite: …………………………
Answer
1 asleep 2 early 3 ugly 4 thin 5 far 6 hard
7. Complete the dialogues using the opposite adjectives.
1 A Is that jacket new?
B No, it’s ……………………….
2 A Am I right?
B No, you’re ……………………….
3 A Is chemistry easy?
B No, it’s ……………………….
4 A Are your boots similar to mine?
B No, they’re ……………………….
5 A Is that sport dangerous?
B No, it’s ……………………….
6 A Is that answer true?
B No, it’s ……………………….
7 A Is that a good idea?
B No, it’s very ……………………….
8 A Are their prices high?
B No, they’re quite ……………………….
9 A Is it a great film?
B No, it’s ……………………….
Answer
1 old 2 wrong 3 difficult 4 different 5 safe
6 false 7 bad 8 low 9 awful
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